Supporting Developing/undeveloped Countries

Supporting Developing/undeveloped Countries

1. Products made to tackle these issues

   • Filters
     • Filtering cup
       • Gets rid of diseases
     • Filtering straw
       • Clears dirt
       • Filters as you drink
     • Filtering bottle
       • Reduces number of deaths
       • Helps filter any diseases
   • Not everything has been identified and solved
   • Wheelbarrow
     • Storage
       • Valuables
       • Children
     • Can be used to clear up
       • Shovel
       • After a flood
     • Help with movement
       • During flood

2. Target Market

   • People who want to help
     • Ship things to developing/undeveloped countries
   • Charities
     • Unicef
     • Who will support
   • People in developing/undeveloped countries
     • Africa
       • Libya
       • Morocco
       • Many more
     • India
     • China
     • Mongolia
     • Children
       • With disabilities
       • Who die at a young age

3. Issues faced by developing/undeveloped countries

   • Diseases
     • Death
     • In the air
     • In their water
     • Lack of support from others
       • US
       • UK
       • Other European countries
     • No medical way of helping
     • In their food
   • Water
     • Dirty water
     • Lack of water
     • No access
     • Diseases
     • Every year more than 3.4 million people die because of diseases in water
   • Food
     • Malnurishment
     • Lack of food
     • Large families
       • Less for for each person
       • More food is needed
     • lack of Money
       • No access
       • Hunt
         • Not always a result
         • Dangerous
         • Effort
         • Time
   • Education
     • Costs money
       • Money that is used for food
       • Money that is used for a home
     • No teachers
       • No children getting taught
       • No education systems
       • No adults taught to teach
     • No access
     • Uneducated
       • Money
       • no job/bad pay
       • Low income
   • Natural disasters
     • Earthquake
       • Death
       • Disruption
     • Flooding
       • Drowning
         • Children
         • High water levels
         • Powerful
       • Collapsing homes
         • Fall on people
         • Less stable
         • No where to stay
         • Lose valuables
         • Movement
     • Eruption of volcano
       • Death
       • Movement
       • Lose valuables

4. What customers want from the product?

   • Cheap
     • People in developing/undeveloped countries can buy it
       • Not a lot of access to money
     • Mass buying
     • People can buy it
       • If they want to support
     • Minimum wage is usually less than £1
       • In developing/undeveloped countries
       • This money is for:
         • Living
         • Cloths
         • Water
           • Clean water
             • Less risk of disease
         • shoes
         • Food
   • Easy access to product
     • Not a lot of space in homes
     • Easy to store
     • When in a hurry
       • Gathering things
     • Useful for purpose
       • Not a waste of money
       • Not a waste of space

5. Potential ideas

   • Filtering accessory which can be attached to bottle
     • Get rid of disease
     • Not lost
     • Reduce plastic pollution
       • No need to buy another one
         • Plastic bottle
       • Save animals
       • Protect sea from plastic
   • Filtering tap
     • Small
     • Light weight
     • Filters as water comes out

6. Questions

   • What is the definition of developing countries?
   • Why are people suffering?
   • Are there other countries who need support?
     • Why can we not support them?
   • Are there other problems faced by developing/undeveloped countries?
   • What impact does it have on them?
     • Death?
     • What is the result of these problems?
   • What proportion of people live in developing/undeveloped countries?
     • Where do most of them live?
   • What products have already been made to support developing/undeveloped countries?